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> carb air leak?, occasioally surging idle
VaccaRabite
post Sep 22 2010, 08:03 PM
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I am having a weird issue with my carbs.

They will go along fine at 1100 RPM idle all day. Suddenly I will stop at a sign or red light and the idle will climb from 1100 to 1700 and my car will start making unsynced carb noises. Sometimes it will settle back town if I tap the gas peddle, sometimes not. Once the idle surges, it will be like that for a while when I stop, and then it will suddenly drop back down to 1100 RPM and and behave nicely.

I am guessing that I have an intermittant air leak in one of my carbs. Anything else I need to be looking at?

My theories, in order of what I think is likely:
1) air leak somewhere
2) gas leaking past the inlet valve
3) weirdness with the linkage

I have not been able to recreate the issue at home, its always when I am on the road so I don't yet know which carb is acting up. Its worse if I am driving the car hard, but will happen when I am just cruising around town some too.

Ideas?

Zach
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Cevan
post Sep 23 2010, 07:34 AM
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Zach, your next winter project should be to make a cable linkage (or buy one if one comes to market). Mine's been working great for almost 2000 miles.
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post Sep 23 2010, 08:01 AM
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QUOTE(Cevan @ Sep 23 2010, 08:34 AM) *

Zach, your next winter project should be to make a cable linkage (or buy one if one comes to market). Mine's been working great for almost 2000 miles.


I so intend to buy one as soon as they come on to the market. I hate my hex linkage. With a passion.

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